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amazon Lenovo ThinkPad T520 reviews
Design
ThinkPad T520 with black rubber lid for resistance to fingerprints and anti-stain well. Lenovo icon and ThinkPad logo is the 2 highlight on the cover.
Like the aesthetic design of the ThinkPad line, the face of the machine parts in traditional black with keyboard lying between two speakers on either side. Enter the blue and red Track Point G and H keys between a floating control panel located on the function keys containing the mute button, volume control, microphone mute, ThinkVantage Toolbox and the Power button.
Black key along the right side to open the machine is formed by two rigid metal hinge. Chassis made of magnesium alloy coated ABS plastic exterior factors help increase machine reliability, anti-shock frame. Occupies a significant portion of the cost of the product.
With 15-inch screen; weighs 2.8 kg; 37 x 24.6 x 3.5 cm size (width x length x thickness), T520 look very “fat” and heavy compared to other laptops with the same screen size. HP Envy 15, for example, weighs only 2.6 kg and 37.8 x 24.4 x 2.8 cm size of (width x length x thickness); Samsung Series 7 Chronos just weighs 2.26 kg and only 2.2 cm thin.
Keyboard and trackpad
Keyboard with large keys and resistance of the water overflow capable T520 for good feedback. Like other ThinkPad computer, the ESC key and the Delete key dimensions of the machine in the form of “oversized”. Experiment with application typing 10 fingers Ten Thumbs Typing Test, the authors reach a typing speed of 55 words / minute with a 1% error rate.
TrackPoint for the machine’s ability to navigate the great precision. In addition, the machine also has trackpad with 7.1 x 4 cm size. Finger trackpad surface to feel good to the touch, however, limiting the surface area of the use it makes a number of multi-touch gestures as pinch zoom fingers, quite difficult.
Heat capacity
After watching the first video in full-screen mode on Hulu for 15 minutes, trackpad, keyboard parts in between G and H keys, the lower body temperature, respectively 27, 29 and 31 degrees C. The temperature measured in the middle of the underside was 36 degrees celsius, the temperature is considered to be quite hot.
Connectivity and webcams
Right side is arranged pretty much like connector card reader “4 in 1” ExpressCard / 34, headphone port / microphone, Gigabit Ethernet, DVD drive. The flip side has 2 USB 2.0 ports, USB / eSATA, DisplayPort, VGA, Firewire 400 and toggle WiFi. Right corner of the machine has a USB 2.0 port is located separately. Unfortunately, Lenovo not integrated USB 3.0 ports into this location.
720p camera for clear images, sharp even in low light conditions. When the test call using Skype, the computer images that people receiving calls is very clear and detailed. However, the color of the image looks a bit silver. Test sound when a call is loud and clear.
Screen and sound
15.6-inch screen of the T520 roughness for sharp images and brilliant thanks to a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels. Testing whether the trailer of “The Hunger Games” on YouTube 1080p resolution, the machine for excellent rendering capabilities shown by red dress as well as double sided crystal blue character Katniss. However, 155 lux brightness of the machine has not yet reached the size of the Samsung Series 7 Chronos line (167 lux).
Although designed two large diaphragm, the sound of the T520 is not so great. When turned on full volume and make the tweak in the Smart Audio, PC speaker emits sound only big enough for a baby room. However, when testing hearing the song “Love After War”, tenor, soulful singer Robin Thicke as well as piano, drums … in all pretty good balance.
Performance
Lenovo ThinkPad is equipped with Intel Core i5-2540M chip – 2.6GHz, 4GB RAM, 500 GB hard drive 7200 rpm speed and Nvidia NVS 4200M with 1GB VRAM (can switch to integrated graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000). Machine smooth handling all assigned tasks such as video games, run heavy applications or several lightweight games.
With PCMark07 benchmark test, the machine reaches 2,177 points, losing HP Envy 15 reached 2385 points (using 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5-2450M, 6GB RAM), and the Samsung Series 7 Chronos reach 2,447 points (using Intel Core i7- 2675QM 2.2 GHz, 8 GB RAM).
The hard drive of the computer to boot Windows 7 Professional 64-bit version took 49 seconds, quite fast compared to the average speed of a laptop of the same type. When the copy test 1 file 4.97 GB capacity, ThinkPad’s hard drive T520 take 3 minutes 1 second to complete, meaning an average speed of 28.1 MB / sec.
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Graphics performance
Lenovo ThinkPad T520 is equipped with Nvidia Optimus technology allows manually switch between two graphics cards are Intel HD 3000 and discrete graphics card Nvidia NVS 4200M depending on the required processing performance or save battery by the user.
Tested with 3DMark06, T520 achieved 5627 points. Benchmark tests “World of Warcraft”, T520 offers 38 fps frame rate autodetect mode and resolution of 1600 x 900. set Switch to maximum, the frame rate of T520 fell slightly to 33 fps.
Battery life
With the 9-cell battery bars, the ThinkPad T520 is capable of “survive” is more than 9 hours of continuous web surfing test over WiFi networks. This is very impressive battery life. Machine also has 6-cell battery version and of course its duration the battery can not better like this.
Software
Machine with fingerprint reader helps users to add a layer of security to ensure safer. In addition, users can use this reader to open the machine by sweeping your finger across.
T520 is equipped with a Power Manager utility allows the user to set schedule mode “to bed” for the machine and check the battery. Instant Resume feature WiFi connectivity helps keep the machine within 99 minutes after the machine is in standby, enabling users do not have to wait for the machine network connection again when returning to work.
Some 3rd party applications preinstalled: Skype, Adobe Reader 9, Microsoft Office Starter, Windows Live …
Conclude
Although quite thick and heavy for a 15 inch laptop, the Lenovo ThinkPad T520 for better performance, reliability and useful security features. In addition, users are also possesses excellent keyboard and navigation keys correctly with branded Lenovo. Besides, a wide viewing angle with sanding screen and good battery life, the Lenovo ThinkPad T520 become a preferred product.